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Xaml vs XAML

I received an email from Ian Griffiths who informed me that the "Xaml spec refers to Xaml as Xaml , and not XAML ." because Rob Relyea didn't like the "shouty caps" look of all upper case. After some back and forth, I contacted Rob, who wrote back that Ian is right (no surprise...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-28-2008
Silverlight, Educational Charity and Funny Accents

I love office (as a shareholder) and I live in Word, though I'll keep my thoughts about the ribbon to myself. All of that aside, the Australia Office folks used Silverlight to create a fund raising site on the premise of "sit through a short commercial and we'll give money to education."...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-26-2008
Coming soon - better HDI Videos

I'm 2/3 through Daniel Park's surprisingly excellent book Camtasia 5: The Definitive Guide and have found more than enough I didn't know and am glad to have learned to justify reading it. I've also ripped through Timothy J. Koegel's The Exceptional Presenter......

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-23-2008
Small Software - Big Impact

First, a quick note that I'm rapidly posting tutorials and videos and as soon as they are through our production process, I'll turn my blog to announcing them and expanding upon them. I do want, however, to mention one of my favorite utilities, Hypersnap which I've used for about the past...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-12-2008
Silverlight Gems

One of the reasons I took my job was the amazing people I met during my interview. It turns out, however, that the place is crawling with talent; it doesn't seem likely that an organization that large would not have regressed to the mean yet, but the dev-div continues to astound me. I'd like...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-11-2008
New Look - Same Blog

Don't panic! It's the same blog; I just changed the look to make it easier to use and easier to read. Hope you like it. Stay tuned for lots of videos and tutorials over the next fortnight. -j

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-05-2008
Back up your code!

In 1993 I was given this brilliant cartoon - and I'd love to find out who created it... Best Personal/ Small Business Offsite Solution I've Found While I have you, one of the better, less expensive solutions I've found for solving my own off-site backups (after struggling for...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-24-2008
Innovation, Renovation and Change

So, after some minutes of trying this and that, it is time to take stock and see what's working and what isn't. What's changing... Tip of the Day: RIP The Tip of the Day was a great idea, but I have yet to figure out what is the difference between a Tip of the Day and a blog...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-21-2008
Tip of the Day - What to Expect in Silverlight Help

I've received a lot of very positive feedback from the tutorials and videos and a lot of inquiries about what help will be forthcoming and how to get help right away. I thought I'd take a few minutes to provide some guidelines that are intended to optimize your experience, not to restrict your...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-19-2008
Tip of the Day - Great Silverlight Programmer utilities

Personally, one of the reasons that I opted to move to Microsoft tools long ago was I got tired of LightSpeed telling me that the problem was the debugger and Periscope telling me it was the editor, and XYWrite telling me it was the compiler and... well you get the idea. Visual Studio 2008...

Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-09-2008

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